Etymology

Shirland

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Today it means: A village in Shirland and Higham parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3958). Full definition →

Old English Sirelunt
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromland
  2. Old English · derived fromscir
  3. Old English · inherited fromSirelunt
  4. English todayShirland

Recorded in the Domesday Book as Old English Sirelunt. Possibly from Old English scir (“shire”) + Old English land (“land”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishscir all →

SherwoodSherburneSherbourneSherburnShereford

Old Englishland all →

landFalklandlandeLitherlandBigland

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.